Land

Archaeology and Biology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Calgary, 2011.

Looks at EALÁT, a Reindeer Herders Vulnerability Network Study and project examining reindeer pastoralism of the Sami and climate change. Duration: 35:34.

Looks at the five pillars as tools and services to aid with the rebuilding of First Nations.

Draws on various historical documents and Turnor’s journal to describe the expedition to survey Rupert’s Land for the Hudson’s Bay Company in the late 1770s and early 1780s. Discusses the roles David Thompson and Peter Fiddler. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 57.

Investigates why the Metis, who combined farming activities with great summer and fall bison hunts, were less successful at agriculture than their Protestant neighbours.

Community and Regional Planning Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 1989.

Looks at the protection of land in northern Ontario and the role of First Nations communities in land-use planning in development with the Government of Ontario.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Arizona State University, 1983.

Agricultural Economics and Farm Management Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Manitoba, 1987.

Looks at how effective tax incentives could be used to encourage the development of Indigenous businesses.

Authors discuss different positions and policies on resource extraction from traditional Diné territories and how these have created and maintained poverty conditions on the Navajo Reservation in Utah.

Describes the process of surveying and assigning of patents for the river lots in the Prince Albert Settlement; discusses the sale of the land to settlers and land speculators. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 100.

Examines two culturally distinct views of land ownership.

Parman responds to the article "Progressive-Era Bureaucrats and the Unity of Twentieth-Century Indian Policy" offering a different perspective on social, economic, and political factors which have influenced the polices of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Effects of the settlement on land management, political relationships and the Nunavut Government institutions.

Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems Thesis (M.Sc.)--The University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2011.

Author examines and advocates for the inclusion of Indigenous values and Indigenous Ecological Knowledge (IEK), as part of the consultation process when governments, and communities are considering development and co-management projects

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 1997.

Interdisciplinary Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Victoria, 1998.

Focuses on Canada's and First Nations' claims to territory in British Columbia.

Nature Resources Management (M.N.R.M.)--University of Manitoba, 2008

History Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 2007.

Looks at property rights and effective use of land codes for administering reserve lands in Ontario and Saskatchewan.

Examines the problems involved in resolving the Black Hills land claim between the United States government and the Sioux Nation.

Compares Western permaculture theory and methods to the agroforestry-based food cultivation practices of the Indigenous people of the Peruvian Upper Amazon.

Law Thesis (LL.M.)--University of Western Ontario, 2016.

Resource and Environmental Management Thesis (M.R.M.)--Simon Fraser University, 1998.

Comments on the cash distribution of Trust and Treaty funds. Originally published in North American Review, March 1, 1907.

Examines the unique economic impacts of climate change on First Nations subsistence and income-generating economies.

Discusses how historically both countries shared motivations and educational goals for residential schools and looks at contemporary responses. Scroll down to page 9 to read article.

Discusses the demand for land development and how the requirements and procedures vary from First Nation to First Nation.

Discusses an approach to valuation that employs concepts and methods of decision analysis, informed by behavioral decision research, in an applied context.

Discusses the Mackenzie Gas Project and the factors that were assessed when determining whether the project would be in the public interest.

Presents some of the institutional and ideological factors that continue to influence the way in which lands and resources are managed by First Nations in the Yukon.

Revised edition of The Duty to Consult: New Relationships with Aboriginal Peoples.

Focuses on Commission's recommendations for dealing with, "The Indian people in the North of Ontario" and suggests circumstances and time may have eliminated any impact the recommendations could have achieved.

Discusses the principles of free, prior and informed consent (FPIC), and explores the development of FPIC within international law.

Describes the usefulness of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as a support tool to help resolve Native American property rights cases.

Suggests that an Indigenous groups ability to effectively participate in the planning process is important for achieving land justice and community goals.

Overview of unmapped Métis and non-status First Nations settlements in the Winnipeg suburbs, focusing on the settlement of Rooster Town.

File contains a presentation by Clarence Apsassin, Blueberry River Reserve. He relates a brief history of Aboriginal people in North America from before 1492 down to the present day. Following this he discusses some of the history of Treaty 8 people, and his own work with various Aboriginal organizations. Apsassin makes a series of recommendations that Aboriginal governments be given more jurisdiction over their own affairs, and control over their own land and resources.

The file contains a presentation by Mike Garson, Split Lake Cree First Nation. Garson discusses self-governance and self-determination; land and resources; colonization and government paternalism; water; Treaty rights; and hydro development. Following the presentation Commissioners Wilson and Chartrand discuss some of the issues raised with Garson.

The file contains a presentation by Sandra Delaronde, President, Metis Women of Manitoba. Delaronde discusses the history of the Metis people, land issues, issues with curricula, the need for rights recognition, social problems, environmental issues, self-governance,and international women's issues. Following the presentation Commissioners Chartrand and Wilson discuss some of the issues raised with Delaronde.

Act outlines the rights of the Sioux Nation related to economic development, self-determination, traditional religion, and preserving the sacred Black Hills.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Idaho, 2003.

Looks at Niillas Somby, a Sámi activist who opposed Norwegian government's Alta-Kautokeino Hydroelectric Project on Sámi pastoral lands.

Book review of: Saskatchewan: A New History by Bill Waiser.

Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Manitoba, 2000.